The Farmers
Market Nutrition Program (FMNP)is a federally and state funded program that
allows low-income mothers with children and low-income seniors to access the
freshest fruits and vegetables available at their local farmers markets. The
program has two sides: WIC (women, infants and children) and Senior. In
Washington State, FMNP is administered through a collaborative effort between
the State Department of Health www.doh.wa.gov and
the Department of Social and Human Services www1.dshs.wa.gov
with DOH focusing on WIC FMNP and DSHS focusing on Senior FMNP.
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Eligible clients can receive checks (each worth $2) through their local WIC Agency or Area Agencies on Aging and use them to purchase local produce from approved growers at approved farmers markets. Once they are stamped with the correct market/grower number code, growers are able to cash them at their local bank just like a regular check.
FMNP is a very valuable program for consumers and producers alike, increasing access to high-quality healthy foods while providing an additional source of income for Washington's hard working farmers.
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From June through October 2007, FMNP checks can be redeemed at the following Washington Farmers Markets:
Eastern Washington
ADAMS COUNTY
Othello Farmers Market
ASOTIN COUNTY
Clarkston Downtown Farmers Market
BENTON COUNTY
Prosser Farmers Market
Kennewick Farmers Market
CHELAN COUNTY
Wenatchee Valley Farmers Market
Leavenworth Farmers Market
DOUGLAS COUNTY
Bridgeport Farmers Market
FRANKLIN COUNTY
Pasco Farmers Market
GRANT COUNTY
Ephrata Farmers Market
Columbia Basin Farmers Market (Moses Lake)
KITTITAS COUNTY
Kittitas County Farmers Market
Roslyn Sunday Farmers Market
OKANOGAN COUNTY
Okanogan Valley Farmers Market
PEND OREILLE COUNTY
Pend Oreille Valley Farmers Market
SPOKANE COUNTY
Humble Earth Farmers Market
South Perry Farmers Market
Spokane Farmers Market Cheney
Friday Farmers Market
Liberty Lake Farmers Market
STEVENS COUNTY
Colville Farmers Market
NE Washington Farmers Market
WALLA WALLA COUNTY
Downtown Walla Walla Farmers Market
YAKIMA COUNTY
Yakima Farmers Market
Western Washington
CLALLAM COUNTY
Port Angeles Farmers Market
Sequim Open Aire Market
CLARK COUNTY
Old Town Saturday Market
Vancouver Farmers Market
COWLITZ COUNTY
Cowlitz Community Farmers Market
ISLAND COUNTY
Bayview Farmers Market (Langley)
Coupeville Farmers Market
Oak Harbor Public Market
South Whidbey Tilth (Langley)
JEFFERSON COUNTY
Port Townsend Farmers Market
KING COUNTY
Ballard Farmers Market
Bellevue Farmers Market
Bothell Country Village Farmers Market
Broadway Sunday Market
Burien Farmers Market
Carnation Farmers Market
Columbia City Farmers Market
Crossroads Farmers Market (Bellevue)
Des Moines Waterfront Farmers Market
Federal Way Farmers Market
Issaquah Public Market
Kent Farmers Market
Kirkland Farmers Market
Lake City Farmers Market
Lake Forest Park Farmers Market
Mad-Cap Hill Farmers Market (Seattle)
Magnolia Farmers Market
North Bend Farmers Market
Pike Place Market
Redmond Saturday Market
Renton Farmers Market
University District Farmers Market
Vashon Farmers Market
Wallingford Center Farmers Market (Seattle)
West Seattle Farmers Market
Woodinville Farmers Market
KITSAP COUNTY
Bainbridge Island Farmers Market
Kingston Farmers Market
Port Orchard Farmers Market
Peninsula Farmers Market
Poulsbo Farmers Market
LEWIS COUNTY
Community Farmers Market (Chehalis)
MASON COUNTY
Shelton Farmers Market
PIERCE COUNTY
Gig Harbor Farmers Market
Puyallup Farmers Market
Tacoma Farmers Market
Dome District Market
Proctor Farmers Market (North Tacoma)
SAN JUAN COUNTY
Orcas Island Farmers Market
San Juan Farmers Market (Friday Harbor)
SKAGIT COUNTY
Anacortes Farmers Market
Mount Vernon Farmers Market
Skagit Valley Hospital
Sedro Woolley Farmers Market
SNOHOMISH COUNTY
Everett Farmers Market
Mukilteo Farmers Market
THURSTON COUNTY
Lacey Farmers Market on the Green
Olympia Farmers Market
WHATCOM COUNTY
Bellingham Farmers Market
Fairhaven Farmers Market
For more information about how the program works on a national level, go to: www.nafmnp.org
For more information about Washington's program, included printable brochures in 9 different languages, go to: nutrition.wsu.edu/markets/
For more information about what needs to be done to make Washington's program stronger and how you can help, go to: www.fmnp-advocates.org/fmnpa/
Contacts:
WIC FMNP:
Jean O'Leary, MPH, RD
Washington State WIC Nutrition Program
PO Box 47886
Olympia, WA 98513
(360) 236-3662
jean.o'leary@doh.wa.gov
Senior FMNP:
Susan Engels, AAA Specialist
Aging & Disability Services Admin.
State Unit on Aging
PO Box 45600
Olympia, WA 98504-5600
(360) 725-2563 or 1-800-422-3263
EngelSS@dshs.wa.gov
